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Must admit I've never tried this, mainly because the readers I know buy my books anyway, and I have no idea how to 'find' any others! Two newsletters a month seems like a big commitment. Personally I'd say one every 2 months would be better, both for you and for your subscribers.Good luck!

My biggest 'problem' is finding readers rather than other writers to connect with. Not that writers can't be readers of course, but it seems they are more interested in getting people to buy THEIR books rather than in reading mine.

I've never done a newsletter either. One more thing to tackle seems overwhelming to me at the moment, but maybe someday!

Good luck! If you come up with a fail proof plan, I'd love to hear about it! LOL

I've been doing a newsletter now that my new books are out. I use MailChimp to format and send it to my readers. I have a button on my website where people can sign up (freely) and I participate in giveaways where there is a newsletter sign up to participate. I've been told to do the newsletters 4x a year, plus a week before and a week after a new release. And I choose a random recipient of my newsletter each time to win a small prize, announcing the winner in the next newsletter (so readers are encouraged to open and read it). Seems to be working for me. Good luck!